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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "johnaddoss@terra.es" <johnaddoss@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:31:08 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: REPLY NEEDED


Greetings,
I do recognize the surprise this mail may bring to you, considering the fac=
t that it came from a stranger, please be rest assured that it comeswith be=
st of intentions.My name is John Yaw Addo I hail from the republic of Ghana=
, I am the admin manager of standard security and services company limited =
Ghana. I got the information concerning you from the Ghana chamber of comme=
rce and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by=
the grace of God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal. I have b=
een working with this company for over ten years. Within this period, I hav=
e watched with meticulous precision how African heads of state and governme=
nt functionaries have been using standard security and services limited to =
move sums of money usd, pounds sterling, deutschmark, French francs (cash) =
to their foreign partners.They bring in these consignments of cash and secr=
etly declare the contents as jewelleries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, =
family treasures and documents etc. Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, (dead), Mo=
butu Sese Seco of Zaire (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of N=
igeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote d'ivore (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d'=
ivore (Abidjan) and some of their officials. All these people have hundred=
s of consignments deposited with my office. Their foreign partners, friends=
and relatives are claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are l=
ying here unclaimed for as much as eight years. Nobody will ever come for t=
hem because in most cases, the certificate of deposit are never available t=
o any body except the depositors hence most of them are dead.=20
Since the inception of the year 2001, our company's management has changed =
the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce =
the certificate of deposit of any consignment, it will be released to you u=
pon demand from our record, more than 160 consignments has been claimed in =
the past one year and this is why am soliciting for your maximum co-operati=
on and assistance. Consignments deposited with several names and codes.64 h=
as been claimed in the past six months. I have finalized every arrangement =
for you to come and claim consignment no.z125, containing $13 million us. I=
will supply you with all the information and documents and you will send i=
t to the management of our company. The procedure is simple; once I hear fr=
om you, I will get an affidavit of fact and that of claim which is what we =
need to secure a change of beneficiary of the consignment to your name. The=
n you will apply officially to the director of foreign operations of the co=
mpany, requesting for the release of consignment no.z125. They will invite =
you to come and receive your consignments. I will use your name, address, p=
assport number to change the original document in the file and every thing =
will be ok hence I am in charge.=20
In conclusion, I assure you that this business is risk free. (our mode of s=
haring is (50-50),
I wait to hear from you to direct you on what to do.
Yours sincerely,
John Yaw Addo





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